to where it s going to be, let alone what it is going to be and even more important what good it would do if it would be built. it is 1,700 miles of border between the united states and mexico. where is he going to put this wall? there is no way congress should give him $5 billion basically as a slush fund to do something. is it slats? is it concrete? he has no idea other than a campaign promise. we wouldn t give the military 1$100 million to build a hanger on some airfield without specific plans and justification for doing it. so let s just start with what do you want here, mr. president? why are you going to do it. beyond that, as he says he s concerned about drugs flowing in, the u.s. coast guard confiscated ten times the amount of drugs that the border patrol did, and they confiscated it on the ocean. if it s drugs, you ought to be funding the coast guard.
this federalized washington healthcare now may not work. as a matter of fact, we know it won t work well in texas and i have an idea other states can come up with better ideas. and we will pick and choose what works best to deliver healthcare to our citizens. chris: let s pick up on healthcare. you want to repeal the obama reform plan but 25% of texans currently don t have health insurance. that is the highest rate in the country, would you just let them go without? one of the reasons, chris one of the reasons, chris is because of the strings attached from the federal dollars that come down here in our medicaid programs. as a matter of fact, that is one of our strong points to block granting is we can create a better and more expansive insurance coverage and the delivery of healthcare to all people without all the federal strings attached.
example, this federalized washington health care now, may not work, as a matter of fact we know it won t work well in texas and i have an idea other states can come up with better ideas and we ll pick and choose what works best to deliver health care for our citizens. chris: let s pick up on health care, you want to repeal the obama reform plan but 25% of texans currently don t have health insurance, the highest rate in the country. one of the reasons would you let them go without. one of the reasons is because of the strings attached to the federal dollars that come down in our medicaid programs and as a matter of fact is one of our strong points to block granting, we and create a better and more ex-expansive insurance coverage and the delivery of health care to more people without all of those federal strings attach. you make exactly the point we will make in washington, is,
this federalized washington healthcare now may not work. as a matter of fact, we know it won t work well in texas and i have an idea other states can come up with better ideas. and we will pick and choose what works best to deliver healthcare to our citizens. chris: let s pick up on healthcare. you want to repeal the obama reform plan but 25% of texans currently don t have health insurance. that is the highest rate in the country, would you just let them go without? one of the reasons, chris one of the reasons, chris is because of the strings attached from the federal dollars that come down here in our medicaid programs. as a matter of fact, that is one of our strong points to block granting is we can create a better and more expansive insurance coverage and the delivery of healthcare to all people without all the federal strings attached.
issue in the first place. yesterday some top republicans suggesting this controversy could cost the president politically. probably the dumbest thing any president or candidate has said since michael l dukakis said it was okay to burn the flag, and it was very similar. this is an emotional issue. intellectually, the president may be right, but people who lost kids, brothers, sisters, fathers, what have you do not want that mosque in new york, and it s going to be a big, big issue for democrats across this country. shannon: lou dobbs joins us, also the man behind lou dobbs.com. thanks for being here today. great to be with you, shannon. shannon: we mow the original comments were part of a scripted speech. why do you think the president made the decision to wade into this debate? i have no idea other than it just seems visceral, deep, profound need to pander to groups wherever he finds them, in this case at the conclusion of ramadan, and muslim group. it makes no sense.